Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Convenience stores in McIntosh County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in McIntosh County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,660 of 2,261 scored counties
#67 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.9M
- On groceries · $5,506 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.8
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,989
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in McIntosh County comes to about $27.9M a year: $5,506 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 convenience stores, that is $3.1M per store, 61% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 9 convenience stores on map listings in McIntosh County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 17.8 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in McIntosh County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in McIntosh County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, McIntosh County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,660 of 2,261 scored counties and #67 of 120 scored counties in Georgia.
How McIntosh County compares
The same measures for Georgia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | McIntosh County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.8 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,506 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $50,273 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in McIntosh County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in McIntosh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,989+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,067
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $50,273+1.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,739
- Median home value
- $182,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,922
- Daytime population
- 8,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 91 | 32 | 5.3 | $12.3M | +12.7% | #26 of 2,261 |
| 2Forsyth County, GA | 89 | 44 | 4.9 | $15.1M | +11.8% | #40 of 2,261 |
| 3Columbia County, GA | 88 | 40 | 7.3 | $9.1M | +7.9% | #65 of 2,261 |
| 4Fayette County, GA | 87 | 24 | 5.4 | $12.8M | +4.7% | #67 of 2,261 |
| 5Cherokee County, GA | 85 | 53 | 5.2 | $13M | +11.6% | #88 of 2,261 |
| 6Oconee County, GA | 85 | 13 | 8.7 | $8.2M | +6.9% | #93 of 2,261 |
| 7Cobb County, GA | 81 | 163 | 5.5 | $12.3M | +3.5% | #138 of 2,261 |
| 8Pickens County, GA | 81 | 9 | 6.7 | $9.2M | +11.4% | #147 of 2,261 |
| 9Effingham County, GA | 80 | 24 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +14.1% | #178 of 2,261 |
| 10Coweta County, GA | 79 | 34 | 6.0 | $10.8M | +9.2% | #189 of 2,261 |
| 67McIntosh County, GA | 35 | 9 | 17.8 | $3.1M | +9.2% | #1,660 of 2,261 |
Other business types in McIntosh County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores35
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in McIntosh County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 convenience stores in McIntosh County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in McIntosh County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in McIntosh County, GA spend on groceries?
About $27.9M a year, or $5,506 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,067 households in McIntosh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McIntosh County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
McIntosh County has 17.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.1M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, McIntosh County would have about 4, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is McIntosh County, GA growing?
Population estimates put McIntosh County at 11,989 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,067 households. The median household income in McIntosh County is $50,273 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 1.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. McIntosh County scores 35 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,660 of 2,261 scored counties.
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